Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-03-07

ed to Its utmost capacity. III 10 puG
Justice to say that with few excep-
tons the drama and music by the
band were as good as could be rea-
sonably expected considering the in
experience of the performers The
singing, under the direction of 5. 2.
Pinney, was good, of course.
1raSburgh.
Read L. III. Nve's auction adj.
Helen Ordway has returned home.
Emma Church is to attend school
at Derby this spring.
Justus Wilcox moves from the AL
len farm to his farm in Bloomington.
DIR. Templeton's sister, Mrs. Orms-
bee from Montpelier, is visiting in
town.
Nav Eaton has gone to Boston to
learn a few points in dress-making,
and will go from there to Minneapo-
lis.
Quarterly meeting at Irasburgh
and Coventry next Sunday March ID.
Rev. r. Christie of Sheffield will Of
ficiate.
Rev. Mr.. Schofeld and wife gave a
reception to the members of the Cong.
church and Sunday school in the yes
try Friday evening.
Lowell.
Our schools closed March 18th.
viii Quincy and wife have gone
away, expecting to locate in \. II.
Alton Dodge attends the school at
Morrisville, taught by Mr.. Stone, son
of Orson Stone of this town.
The Good Templars will give an
entertainment, consisting of literary
exercises and supper, at the hall, on
Tuesday, March s.
L. P. Dean has bought the Calvin
Powers farm for $4,000, and takes
possession soon.-J. Sinclair has
moved into the Lamere house.
Morgan
A missionary festival is to be held
in the church Wednesday evening,
the 9th inst. There will be speaking,
singing and recitations, after which
refreshments will be served. Tick
cts ten cents. All are invited.
Newport.
Prouty & Miller have shut down
their mill for few weeks.
Mr.. Watts from Troy has rented a
tenement of n. B. Hall and will
move in soon.
Mr.. Parsons, the evangelist, has
been holding interesting religious
services in the Congregational church
the past week.
Alfred Miller, Sylvester Cass and
Miss Laura Fairbanks have all been
quite sick during the past few days,
but are all gaining at the present
writing.
Joe. Comeau, a machinist of Lyn-
donville, was run over by car in
the yard here on Saturday night,
and had both legs nearly severed.
He was carried to Lyndonville, but
survived only a few hours.
The hotel register of the Lake
House, c. W. Cade PROPRIETOR shows
that he had GAG guests during the
month of February. Cade keeps a
clean house, sets a good table and
gets a large run of custom.
States attorney Alfred seems to
go straight forward in his duty in
the matter of the prohibition law and
it begins to look as though liquor
selling in the county would be I'M
profitable business for the next two
years. All it needs is a little stiff
ness in the backbone to dry up the
business in the dark holes where sly
liquor selling is carried on.
ewpOrt Center.
Joe Watson has moved to Coventry
to Ezra Guilds farm, and Chester
Hunt has moved into the house vaca-
ted by Watson.
Troy.
Henry Baron has moved to Stevens
Mills.
J. S. Woodward has sold his farm
and stock to Mr.. Barber of Rich
ford.
North TrOv.
Col. o. n. Elkins died at his home
at 2 o'clock, Wednesday morning,
Feb. %. About six weeks before,
while attending to matters of bust
ness he took a severe cold, but kept
about the house for a week, when he
was Frustrated with typho-malarial
fever. Although dangerously sick
for a month, his splendid constitution
seemed to bear him up remarkably
well, and his attending physicians
expressed hope of his recovery, un-
til the Monday before his death, when
peritonitis appeared with congestive
chills. and the best that medical skill
and science could do, proved to no
avail. He sank rapidly and passed
peacefully away. Col. Elkins was
the eldest son of Jonathan Elkins,
Esq, and was born in this village
Feb. Z, 1888, and had always lived
here. As citizen he was